Show FRAUD CASE DEfENSE OPENS Strikes I In Mascot Mine Described During Federal Trial SALT LAKE LAKI Jan 21 The Th Is- Is 1 uc ot of o the case cae against Charles Peter promoter or of o the MinIng and Milling lUlling Co Ltd Ud who Is on trial In United States State die die- dietrict dis court on a charge chare of ot using the malls to defraud are arc narrowed do down don n to the good or bad faith or of orI orthe the In his promotion I or of tho the mine and the sale alp saI or of o stock Judge Tiliman D Johnson Johnon ruled e Willard Hanson attorney lor br I Peter tr In outlining the contention or of the tho defense defenso declared that Peter P believed and still IIII belle believes es In the worth orth of or the tho mine and sas as better oft off financially wen he started tt than he ho Is la now or as na tas been a at t any time since he lie nag nas been connected with tho mine August Johnson a 0 former em- em ploy em-ploy plo e of or tho the mine the first nit nit- tt It- It Itne ness It-ness ne ness tor for the detente told of ot 81 s strikes at the mine while h he was nag as there The Tho Oregonian Ore cros cross cross- crosscut cro cut s-cut cut was nag not worked because or of difficulty encountered through h seeping water atc r he ho declared la He admitted that the mine mino had never been anything but but ft a prospect Do David Daid Id J Cook Coole one tune time mine superintendent at the Mascot leg te- that the strike of or Janu Janu- January January January ary 1922 looked to be a bo- bo bonany bo nany Opening statements bv by Attorney Hanson attempted to show that the toile talk of or dl dividends carne came at each time a 0 non new strike was w made macIc He Ito said that the work ork on the mine was slotted ed down don great great- greatly ly onI I ly Iy during the period of or the World or ar and that Peter mort mort- mort- mort mortgaged mortgaged hIs hl home to obtain money to carryon carry on work at the th mine at atone atone litone one time |